Exploring trends and variation in biologic therapies for severe asthma

Background

See this paper (Goldacre and MacKenna 2020).

Methods

Medicines codelist

Data

NHS Trusts

SCMD

dm+d

Dictionary of Medicines and Devices

Convert volume

Results

Trends over time

National prescribing

Figure. National prescribing of asthma biologics over time.

Regional prescribing

Figure. Regional prescribing of asthma biologics over time.

Total volume per year

Regional prescribing

Figure. Total regional prescribing of asthma biologics.

Individual NHS Trusts

Figure. Total prescribing of asthma biologics for 20 Trusts with the largest volume across all selected medications.

References

Goldacre, Ben, and Brian MacKenna. 2020. “The NHS Deserves Better Use of Hospital Medicines Data.” BMJ 370 (July): m2607. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2607.